7796th Security Council Meeting: Regional and Subregional Cooperation

The United Nations must strengthen its regional partnerships in order to promote stability and defuse tensions, the Security Council is told, at 7796th meeting.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 03:06:30
• Production Date: 28 October 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PEACE AND SECURITY
• MAMS Id: 1759717
• Parent Id: 1758049

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Highlighting the complex challenges confronting global peace and security, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today emphasized the urgent need for a collective response by the international community that draws on regional and global partnerships.

“Brutal wars raging across the Middle East and beyond continue to take lives, displace millions and wreck economies,” Mr. Ban told the Security Council’s open debate on cooperation between UN and regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security today.

The UN chief also drew attention to targeting of hospitals, schools and humanitarian convoys and said the he is “especially alarmed that a wide variety of armed actors are taking advantage of modern technology and globalization to wreak havoc on a horrific scale.” He also drew attention to rising ethnic and sectarian tension within conflicts, and growing xenophobic, nativist and protectionist policies and sentiments in other parts of the world.

“These challenges transcend national borders and demand a collective response by the international community,” he added.

Noting the UN has risen to the moment by undertaking a series of Organizational reviews, all of which emphasized the urgent need to prioritize conflict prevention – in a collective manner that draws on regional and global partnerships.